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  March 2008  Official Council Minutes 

                     Behavioral Covenant of Leadership
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                              Lands Lutheran Church

                                                             Our Promises to God

We Promise to pray, alone and together, to thank God and to ask for God's help in our lives and
in our work for our Church, and we promise to listen to God's answer to us.

                                                   Our Promises to Our Church Family

We promise to demonstrate our leadership and commitment to our Church by our example. 

We promise to support our pastor and staff so that their efforts can be most productive.

We promise to try to discover what is best for our Church as a whole, not what may be best for us
or for a small group in the church.

                                        Our Promises to Each Other on the Church Council

We promise to respect and care for each other.

We promise to treat our time on the Council as an opportunity to make an important gift to our
Church.

We promise to listen with an open, non-judgmental mind to the words and ideas of the others in our
Church and on the Council.

We promise to discuss, debate, and disagree openly in Council meetings, expressing ourselves as
clearly and honestly as possible, so that we are certain that the Coucil understands our point of view.

We promise to support the final decision of the Council whether it reflects our view or not.
 

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